Summary:
In zip code 70394, there is one middle school, Raceland Middle School, serving grades 6 through 8 in the Raceland area, which is part of the Lafourche Parish school district.
Raceland Middle School shows a mix of strengths and challenges. The school has a strong academic showing in Social Studies, where 67% of students are proficient, outperforming both the district (64%) and the state (55%). In English Language Arts, the school also beats the state average with 74% proficiency. However, in Mathematics, the school's 67% proficiency rate lags behind the district's 76%. The 7th grade class is a standout, achieving the highest scores in the school across all subjects, including an impressive 81% in Math. The school has a 0% dropout rate, which is excellent, and a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. A significant concern is the high chronic absenteeism rate of 28.7%, which is above both the district and state averages.
Despite serving a high-poverty population, with 75.78% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, Raceland Middle School achieves above the state average in both ELA and Social Studies. The school has shown a positive trend in its state ranking over the last three years, moving from the 57th percentile to the 65th percentile. The main area for improvement is addressing chronic absenteeism, as nearly one in three students are missing enough school to be considered chronically absent, even though they are not dropping out. This suggests the school is effective at keeping students enrolled but faces a challenge in ensuring daily attendance.
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